File Requirements - FastLoad

Teradata FastLoad Reference

Product
FastLoad
Release Number
15.00
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2018-09-28
dita:id
B035-2411
lifecycle
previous
Product Category
Teradata Tools and Utilities

File Requirements

In addition to the input data source, Teradata FastLoad accesses four different data sets/files or input/output devices. Table 7 lists the FastLoad data sets/files and input/output devices.

 

Table 7: FastLoad Data Sets/Files and Input/Output Devices 

Data Set/File or Device

Provides

standard input

Teradata FastLoad commands and Teradata SQL statements that make up a Teradata FastLoad job

standard output

Destination for Teradata FastLoad output responses and messages

standard error

Destination for Teradata FastLoad error messages

configuration

Optional specification of Teradata FastLoad utility default values

When running Teradata FastLoad in interactive mode, the terminal keyboard functions as the standard input device and the display screen is the standard output/error device.

When running Teradata FastLoad in batch mode, a data set or file name must be specified for each of these functions. The method of doing this varies, depending on the configuration of your client system:

  • On network‑attached client systems, use the standard redirection mechanism (recommended approach) to specify the Teradata FastLoad script files when invoking the utility. Teradata FastLoad script files can also be piped to Teradata FastLoad when invoking the utility.
  • On mainframe‑attached client systems, use standard z/OS JCL control commands to allocate and create the Teradata FastLoad data sets or files before invoking the utility.